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Employee Cybersecurity Risks: The Call is Coming From Inside the House!

DRI Drive

As more employees return to the office from telework environments, it’s time for them to tighten up their cybersecurity habits, if the responses from a recent survey are any indication. A poll of 8,000 workers worldwide on cybersecurity practices found that 79% had engaged in at least one risky activity in the past year. Among […]. The post Employee Cybersecurity Risks: The Call is Coming From Inside the House!

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Hawaii Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

The State of Hawaii has a unique geographical location among all states—an island state! This podcast is an interview with Luke Meyers, the Emergency Management Director for the state of Hawaii. We discuss the hazards the state faces and also their jurisdictional arrangement with a total of four counties. There is a brief discussion of the botched “the missiles are coming” warning along with other topics of interest.

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Using public inquiries to evolve

Crisis Response Journal

August 2021: Phil Trendall explains why it is important to use inquiries as a learning experience and not wait until their legacies and recommendations fade into distant memory

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Enterprise for All Hits All the Right Notes

Pure Storage

Thomas Edison’s voice was the first recorded sound, captured on the phonograph in 1877, as he recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Ten years later, the forerunner of the modern record was created. It spawned a century of innovation, with records and record players being improved and standardized—filling our collective ears with music through the jazz era, the pioneering days of rock and roll, and beyond.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Olympics Vs. Extreme Weather: Tokyo’s Games May Be a Test Run

DRI Drive

As summer heat and humidity increase with the intensity brought on by climate change, the current Tokyo games can act as a barometer for future Olympic cities on how to address extreme weather safety. Though the big story this year was how the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would handle the COVID-19 epidemic, the increasingly rising heat […]. The post Olympics Vs.

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What’s next for floating agriculture? 

Crisis Response Journal

Haseeb Md Irfanullah looks at the origins of growing crops on floating plant rafts in Bangladesh and how the practice has evolved over time, asking what the next phase in the development of such agriculture will be

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Microsoft Windows 11 and Teams Chat Integration

LAN Infotech

Microsoft Teams Chat And Windows 11. Recently, Microsoft announced the release of Windows of 11, which is set to happen later in the year. Users received the news with excitement, curious to know what new features the platform would bring to the table. One of the outstanding features was the enhanced security factor through the TPM 2.0. Other areas of interest are the improved user interface, design and layout, and minimum system requirements that may see many users upgrade to more advanced mach

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5 Questions to Ask Your CISO

Pure Storage

There’s a saying in cybersecurity: “It’s not if, it’s when.” How can you ensure you’re doing all you can to safeguard your organization? If you’re in a leadership role, it’s helpful to first understand what safeguards are in place and where there may be gaps. To get the conversation started with your security team, here are five key questions to ask your CISO—plus a download, Ten Questions to Ask Your CISO, to guide more in-depth discussions. 1.

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The Cloud: You’re Using It Wrong

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN. August 4, 2021. The Cloud: You’re Using It Wrong. “The Cloud” has been all the rage since former Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed the concept at an industry conference in 2006. Cloud computing helps individuals, companies, and government services safely store the ever-increasing amounts of data that are output every second. As a result, the Cloud is everywhere, and the cloud computing market will reach $287.03 billion by 2025.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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September is Preparedness Month 

Crisis Response Journal

August 2021: Monika Al-Mufti describes the campaign that involves an all-hazard themed daily programme, collaborated on and shared by a wide range of stakeholders and officials, NGOs and advocates

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Attending #BHUSA 2021: The cybersecurity experts’ view

Acronis

As Diamond sponsors for the Black Hat 2021 conference, Acronis sent Acronis’ VP of Cyber Protection Research Candid Wuest and Cybersecurity Analyst Topher Tebow to attend sessions, answer questions, and gather as many insights as possible.

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3 RTO and RPO Considerations for Your Disaster Recovery Plan

Talkingpoint

Unplanned downtime can be expensive for businesses. Having a disaster recovery plan can help minimize your losses, but how do you determine which applications are most important? Application tiering can help you figure this out. The post 3 RTO and RPO Considerations for Your Disaster Recovery Plan appeared first on TierPoint.

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What we have learned about remote work … so far

Citrix

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, if I had asked a CTO if they thought they could transition up to 70 percent of their organization’s workforce to remote work in a short period of time, they would have dismissed me, if not … The post What we have learned about remote work … so far first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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An independent review of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004) 

Crisis Response Journal

August 2021: Bruce Mann, Andy Towler and Kathy Settle from the National Preparedness Commission set out their journey to deliver an independent assessment of an important piece of government legislation on UK civil protection

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Free eBook: A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

Knowledge is power. And in the war on the multibillion-dollar ransomware industry, knowing what the bad guys have up their sleeves is priceless. What if you could get intel on ransomware attacks straight from a former hacker? Now you can. Pure Storage® CTO-Americas, Andy Stone, joins former hacker turned internationally-renowned cybersecurity expert, Hector Xavier Monsegur, to bring you “ A Hacker’s Guide to Ransomware Mitigation and Recovery.

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Create enterprise-ready container environments with Veritas InfoScale

VOX Veritas

InfoScale 7.4.3, available today, is the ideal solution for running your enterprise applications in containers, with the storage and monitoring they need to be highly available.

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Beat Ransomware with Recoverware

Zerto

How a focus on recovery changes the outcome of ransomware attacks. Data is one of the most valuable resources in business these days and it is at the heart of IT systems that keep both public and private-sector operations running. When a ransomware attack removes access to data, the effect can be crippling to an organization. Ransomware has changed the very nature of how organizations need to think about cybersecurity and the value of data in an increasingly digital marketplace.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan

BCM METRICS

In the 25 years I’ve been in this business, one thing that has changed a lot is our ideas on what makes a good recovery plan. In today’s post, we’re going to run through the key elements of a recovery plan according to the most up-to-date practice and concepts. Three Outmoded Recovery Plan […]. The post Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan appeared first on BCMMETRICS.

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Five Core Elements Of An Effective Cyber Response Capability

Castellan

Article Originally Published on Forbes in August 2021. When Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down its 5,500 miles of pipeline after being hit by a cyberattack in May, it impacted more than just your daily commute. What followed was a temporary gas shortage caused by panicked Americans and a major disruption not only for Colonial Pipeline but also for organizations that rely on the top pipeline operator’s fuel supplies — all because of a ransomware attack. “The shutdown of such a

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What’s new with the Citrix Knowledge Center – July 2021

Citrix

Welcome to our latest Citrix Knowledge Center update, where we share new and updated content for top trending questions and technical issues. Our thanks to all who continue to provide feedback. We’ve got you covered! In each post, you’ll find … The post What’s new with the Citrix Knowledge Center – July 2021 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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How to Create a Workplace Violence Prevention Program

Alert Media

The post How to Create a Workplace Violence Prevention Program appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Mitigating Bias by Becoming an Ally

BMC

2020 and the first half of 2021 have shown us incredible feats of humanity that have helped balance cultural inequality and inequity, and forced us to reassess how we treat each other. The Platinum Rule comes to mind as we think about how we want our community, our society, and the world to move forward […].

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5 Reasons to Rethink Disaster Recovery as a Service

Unitrends

Data backup is a challenge and successful recovery can be even more difficult. IT environments are becoming increasingly fragmented, especially with data living on-premises, on endpoints, in clouds and in SaaS applications. In today’s always-on world, organizations strive to meet specific SLAs around recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) as defined by […].

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The evolution of the Generic Client IME in Citrix Workspace app for HTML5

Citrix

The input method editor (IME) is indispensable for Citrix customers who want to type in their own language, especially when the input language is Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. The IME user experience can have a real impact on productivity, so … The post The evolution of the Generic Client IME in Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Human-Led and Technology-Powered: Accelerating Your North Star of Resilience

Fusion Risk Management

Solutions Customer Summit Series. I had the pleasure of moderating our customer panel at Solutions21 this summer, which included Delroy A. Ross, Ashley Goosman, Renuka Darbha, and Joseph Woulfe. Each shared insights on how leading global firms are building human-led and technology-powered resiliency that drives agility in disruption and accelerates business transformation.

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Reduce Ransomware Risk with SafeMode Advisory Workshop

Pure Storage

Many organizations focus on ransomware prevention. But as attacks grow increasingly sophisticated and widespread, they’re also becoming more inevitable. And there’s no guarantee that bad actors can’t thwart even the strongest prevention security in the ransomware arms race. Pure Storage ® takes a different approach by focusing on ransomware mitigation and rapid recovery.